--- title: Then Kadrū, bent on winning, actually induced her sons the snakes to… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: Then Kadrū, bent on winning, actually induced her sons the snakes to defile the horses of the Sun by spitting venom over them; and showing them to Vinatā thus defiled, she conquered her by a trick and made her her slave. Who acts: Kadrū, Vinatā. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kadrū, Vinatā), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg74064:16:63 # text = Then Kadrū, bent on winning, actually induced her sons the snakes to defile the horses of the Sun by spitting venom over them; and showing them to Vinatā thus defiled, she conquered her by a trick and made her her slave. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 Kadrū Kadrū PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 winning winning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 actually actually ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 induced induce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 defile defile VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 by by SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 spitting spit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 23 venom venom NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 over over ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Vinatā Vinatā PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 thus thus ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 defiled defile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 conquered conquer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend** | participle | | Kadrū *not said here* | | winning | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on winning=Location | | 2 | **induce** | past | Kadrū | Vinatā's sons and the snakes | | | | actually *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 3 | **defile** | to-infinitive | Kadrū *not said here* | the horses of the Sun | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **spit** | gerund | Kadrū *not said here* | venom | | | | over Kadrū | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent venom=Theme | | 5 | **show** | gerund | Kadrū *not said here* | Kadrū | Vinatā | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Topic to vinatā=Recipient | | 6 | **defile** | past | | | | | | thus *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **conquer** | past | Vinatā | whichever | | | | by a trick | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 8 | **make** | past | Vinatā *not said here* | Vinatā's slave | Vinatā | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary slave=Product | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Project Gutenberg book 74064 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/16/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/16/61/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/16/)